Wassily Kandinsky
Wassily Kandinsky (1866 - 1944)
Born in Russia, Dec 1866, in Moscow. His father was a tea merchant and when he was 5 the family moved to Odessa. Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc were founder members of the Blaue Reiter group of artists, along with Paul Klee and August Macke. Kandinsky is an important innovator of modern art and played a pivotal role in the development of abstract expressionist painting and he was an influential artist of his time
Wassily Kandinsky (1866 - 1944)
Born in Russia, Dec 1866, in Moscow. His father was a tea merchant and when he was 5 the family moved to Odessa. Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc were founder members of the Blaue Reiter group of artists, along with Paul Klee and August Macke. Kandinsky is an important innovator of modern art and played a pivotal role in the development of abstract expressionist painting and he was an influential artist of his time
